Things have been hectic. Not bad, just hectic. TDW has been having meetings during the day and hearings in the evenings (she is at one now) and I have been swamped at work. The Gus has been frenetically busy, picking up Cheddar Bunnies off the tray of his high chair and throwing them onto the floor, cackling.
Tomorrow morning I have my first oral argument before the Oregon Court of Appeals. I’ve written lots of appellate briefs but have not had the privilege of actually arguing my own work product. (Actually, the underlying work product isn’t my own, in that I didn’t make the trial court record below, which is the actual material from which an appellate lawyer seeks to draw out simple and logical themes. But anyway.) I will report back. Unlike regular trials, one doesn’t know after argument whether one is returning with one’s shield or on it–wait for the written decision somewhere between three months and eighteen months out.
Next week TDW, The Gus and I are on vacation, so expect no posts here. We return for my annual fantasy football draft. The Gus will turn ten months old in Canada. Expect many pictures, unless he is eaten by an orca. (we will actually keep him well away from orcas, especially in his super-cute seal suit.)
Last, and apropos of nothing, please check out this video of Al Gore at the TED Conference in February, talking a little about global warming but first showing a dry, self-mocking wit. Query: had that wit been on public display in 2000, what would the world look like now?
